I think I know why attributes don't seem to have much effect.

[SuzakuCMX]

i think you will be half dissapointed, i think it will make each stat have a specific greater effect, and they wont have to use stat caps, unless they want to, but i think dlevel will remain as an overal multiplier of dmg taken and dmg done to targets. but we shall see.

The reason we have d-Level now is because you can have a Level 50 character with a ton of stats with a Rank 1 class. If stats mattered more right now, that would be incredibly broken.

With class-specific stats, the amount of stats allocated will largely take the place of d-Level.